4、Australian scientists say an organic compound (復(fù)合物) used by Indian women to paint dots or bindi on their foreheads could hold the key to a breakthrough in cancer treatment-Rose Bengal was first used in the early 1900s as a dye for food, textiles and cosmetics. But now it is proving to be a useful weapon in the fight against skin cancer.
Television advertisements constantly warn of the dangers of overexposure to the fierce sun. Among them is the possibility of the disease melanoma (黑瘤), a type of skin cancer. More than 1,200 Australians die every year from the disease.
Initial trials of a solution of Rose Bengal injected into some melanoma cells have had a 75 percent success rate in controlling the disease. Professor John Thompson, the director of the Melanoma Unit at the University of Sydney, says this organic dye could become a powerful cancer-fighting treatment.
“We believe it works by getting into the tumor (腫塊) cells and causing them to self-destruct. But the exact mechanism by which it works is not totally clear. It’s not useful for people who have a primary melanoma. The treatment of primary melanoma is surgical excision(切除),” he said. “It's useful to inject tumors for people who have recurrences: when the primary treatment has failed and when recurrence in the area, or at more distant sites has occurred.”
About 90 percent of Australians who develop melanoma survive thanks to early diagnosis and treatment. If left untreated, however, the disease can be fatal.
Convincing younger people in Australia about the dangers of overexposure to the sun is a battle campaigners are constantly waging.
Veronica Manock, a 21-year-old student, had two major operations to remove a cancerous tumor from her leg．
“I've had a lot of friends who just said ‘I thought it was just, you know, I'll get a mole (痣) cut out and that's it’, whereas I don't think people realize how much danger they're putting themselves into and how easy it is to stop something like this happening to you just from doing little things,” said Manock.
Other researchers in Australia are investigating genetic treatments to skin cancer. There is a pressing need for such research to produce effective treatments. Australians, the majority of whom are fair-skinned (淺膚色的), are four times more likely to develop a melanoma than people in Canada, the United States or Great Britain.
72. The information about Rose Bengal is wrong EXCEPT that ________.
A. it is no longer used as a dye B. it is used to cure skin cancer
C. it is a special kind of rose planted in Australia D. it can be effective in treating skin cancer
73. The main reason for Australia's high rate in skin cancer is _______.
A. the overuse of cosmetics B. overexposure to the sun
C. the color of their skin D. the lack of prevention
74. From the passage we can learn that______.
A. skin cancer is incurable
B. some young people seem to know little about the danger of overexposure to the sun
C. about ninety percent of Australians are likely to develop melanoma
D. all moles should be cut out to prevent skin cancer
75. The passage was intended for______.
A. general readers B. people who like taking sun-bathing
C. doctors and researchers D. children at school.
4、72. D 在第一段和第三段可以看出Rose Bengal只在治療中起到作用，并不能治愈皮膚癌。
73. B 細(xì)節(jié)題。從文章第二段可知澳大利亞人容易患皮膚癌的原因是他們曬太陽太多的緣故。
74. B 這是一個細(xì)節(jié)題，在文章第六段可以找到答案。
75. A 這篇文章并沒有單純從醫(yī)學(xué)角度介紹，而是從日常生活等方面進(jìn)行講述。所以這篇文章是寫給讀者的。
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Australian scientists say an organic compound (復(fù)合物) used by Indian women to paint dots or bindi on their foreheads could hold the key to a breakthrough in cancer treatment-Rose Bengal was first used in the early 1900s as a dye for food, textiles and cosmetics. But now it is proving to be a useful weapon in the fight against skin cancer.
Television advertisements constantly warn of the dangers of overexposure to the fierce sun. Among them is the possibility of the disease melanoma (黑瘤), a type of skin cancer. More than 1,200 Australians die every year from the disease.
Initial trials of a solution of Rose Bengal injected into some melanoma cells have had a 75 percent success rate in controlling the disease. Professor John Thompson, the director of the Melanoma Unit at the
“We believe it works by getting into the tumor (腫塊) cells and causing them to self-destruct. But the exact mechanism by which it works is not totally clear. It’s not useful for people who have a primary melanoma. The treatment of primary melanoma is surgical excision(切除),” he said. “It's useful to inject tumors for people who have recurrences: when the primary treatment has failed and when recurrence in the area, or at more distant sites has occurred.”
About 90 percent of Australians who develop melanoma survive thanks to early diagnosis and treatment. If left untreated, however, the disease can be fatal.
Convincing younger people in
Veronica Manock, a 21-year-old student, had two major operations to remove a cancerous tumor from her leg．
“I've had a lot of friends who just said ‘I thought it was just, you know, I'll get a mole (痣) cut out and that's it’, whereas I don't think people realize how much danger they're putting themselves into and how easy it is to stop something like this happening to you just from doing little things,” said Manock.
Other researchers in
72. The information about Rose Bengal is wrong EXCEPT that ________.
A. it is no longer used as a dye B. it is used to cure skin cancer
C. it is a special kind of rose planted in
73. The main reason for
A. the overuse of cosmetics B. overexposure to the sun
C. the color of their skin D. the lack of prevention
74. From the passage we can learn that______.
A. skin cancer is incurable
B. some young people seem to know little about the danger of overexposure to the sun
C. about ninety percent of Australians are likely to develop melanoma
D. all moles should be cut out to prevent skin cancer
75. The passage was intended for______.
A. general readers B. people who like taking sun-bathing
C. doctors and researchers D. children at school.
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